How it unfolded: Less than 12 hours elapsed between the last out of Game 4 and the first pitch of Game 5. With new life, the Dodgers scored three runs in the fourth, as backup catcher Rick Dempsey had a two-run double to score Mike Marshall and John Shelby.

Key play: Kirk Gibson’s three-run homer off Fernandez in the fifth inning after singles by Steve Sax and Mickey Hatcher knocked him out of the game.

WP: Tim Belcher (2-0)

LP: Sid Fernandez (0-1)

Save: Brian Holton (1)

HRs: Kirk Gibson (2), Lenny Dykstra (1)

Quote: “We were almost down 3-1,” said Gibson, in pain from a sore hamstring and knee. “Now we’re about to go up 3-2. You go. It’s time to go. It’s not time to say you’ve got enough runs. It’s full go.”